VICTIMS SHOULD TAKE CENTRE-STAGE IN CORPORATE HUMAN RIGHTS REMEDIES, UN EXPERTS SAY
(WorldNews Switzerland)

17 October 2017 NEW YORK, 17 October 2017 (Issued as received) - Victims seeking redress for corporate human rights abuses are suffering intimidation, harassment, detention and in some cases even murder, a group of UN experts has warned, setting out new proposals to give victims a key role in the processes designed to protect their rights and provide effective remedies. `The idea is simple: victims must be at the centre of the mechanisms that are meant to provide them access to effective remedy. Yet this is often far from reality,` said Surya Deva, Chairperson of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, presenting the expert group`s report to the UN General Assembly in New York...